Placid Winson D’Costa, a waiter who pays £650 a month in rent, said: “We have bites all over us. In the night, it’s even worse. There are thousands of them and they are everywhere - in the bed, in the fridge, in the cupboards. And they are growing.”

Cllr Harbi Farah, cabinet member for housing and welfare reform, said: “This is one of the most tragic cases of poor living conditions in the private rented sector within Brent.

“These vulnerable families have been cheated by a landlord who is well aware that he is housing people in squalor for a profit. The council won’t stand for it.”

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